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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Pekin Mayor R. David Tebben, who passed |
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| away on December 12, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born January 24, 1946, in Pekin to Robert |
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| T. and Edna L. (Hecker) Tebben; he was a 1964 graduate of Pekin |
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| Community High School, and he graduated in 1968 from the |
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| University of Illinois with a bachelor of science degree in |
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| finance; He was a member and past president of Lambda Chi Alpha |
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| Fraternity; and
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| WHEREAS, He first worked as a District Sales Manager |
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| representative for Pekin Insurance; he later purchased the |
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| Kelly Insurance Agency, now known as Tebben Insurance Services |
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| Inc.; he owned and operated the independent agency for the past |
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| 38 years; he also was a member of the national faculty for the |
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| Agency Management for the Society of Certified Insurance |
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| Counselors (CIC); and
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| WHEREAS, He was a past faculty member at both Eureka |
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| College and Illinois Central College; he was first elected to |
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| the Pekin City Council in 1987 and was re-elected in 1991; he |
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| served both terms as Commissioner of Public Health and Safety; |
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| in 1995 he won his first term as Mayor, and in 1999 he won a |
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| second term, and was reelected Mayor in 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, During his time as Mayor he represented Pekin at |
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| the local, regional and State level through many organizations |
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| such as president of the Heart of Illinois Mayors' Association |
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| and as vice president of the Illinois Municipal League; he had |
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| a great love for Pekin and participated, supported, and led |
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| many community events and organizations, including the United |
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| Way of Pekin and the former Pekin Jaycees; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a past president and current ex-officio |
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| member of the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors |
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| and served as a presenter and moderator for its annual |
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| Leadership Academy; he was the first clue writer and medallion |
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| hider for the annual Pekin Marigold Festival; he served as the |
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| emcee for the annual Miss Marigold Pageant; he was a member of |
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| the Kiwanis Club of Pekin, Pekin Moose Family Center 916, Pekin |
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| Elks Lodge 1271, and Empire Lodge 126, Ancient Free and |
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| Accepted Masons in Pekin; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a former Boy Scout and Assistant Scout |
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| Master; he was a founding member of the Pekin R/C Club, his |
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| favorite pastime was building and flying remote controlled |
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| airplanes; and he was a lifelong member of St. Paul United |
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| Church of Christ and past president of the church council; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert |
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| and Edna Tebben; and
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| WHEREAS, R. David Tebben is survived by his three |
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| daughters, Shannon N. (Edgar) Sandoval, Tiffany D. Tebben, and |
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| Stefanie D. Tebben; his three grandchildren, Ethan Robert |
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| Sandoval, Elisabeth Noelle Sandoval, and Aidan David Sandoval; |
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| and two sisters, Sharon G. (Dr. John) Sombeck, and Ardis B. |
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| (Jerry) Roman; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family, friends, and constituents, the passing of Mayor R. |
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| David Tebben; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Mayor R. David Tebben as a symbol of |
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| our sincere sympathy.
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